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prp:sident. 
W. G. DeSAUSSURE. 

VICE-PKESIDENTS. 

P. C. CxAILLARP, 
J. ALBERT GIBERT. 
J.C. DAVANT. 

SECRETARY. 

W. H. PRIOLEAU. 

TREASURER. 

ARTHUR MAZYCK. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

ROBERT N. GOURDIN. 
DANIEL RAYENEL. 
W. ST. JITLIEN JERYEY. 
B. K. NEUFYILLE, 
F. M. BURDELL. 

The President, Yice-Presidents, Secretary, and 
Treasurer, are ex officio members of the Executive 
Committee. 



CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE I 

NAME. 



The name of this organization shall be " The 
Huguenot Society of South Carolina." 

ARTICLE II. 

OBJECT. 

The object of the Society shall be : 

Firstly, To perpetuate the memory and to foster 
and promote the principles and virtues of the 
Huguenots. 

Secondly, To publicly commemorate at stated 
times the principal events in the history of the 
Huguenots. 

Thirdly, To discover, collect and preserve all 
still existing documents, monuments, etc., relating 
to the genealogy or history of the Huguenots of 
America in general, and of those of South Carolina 
in particular. 

Fourthly, To gather by degrees a library, for the 
use of the Society, composed of all obtainable 
books, monographs, pamphlets, manuscripts, etc., 
relating to the Huguenots. 



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Fifthly, To cause statedly to be prepared and 
read before the Society, papers, essays, etc., on 
Huguenot history or genealogy, and collateral 
subjects. 

AKTICLE III. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Section 1. The membership of this Society shall 
be as follows : 

Firstly, All descendants in the direct male or 
female lines of the Huguenot families which emi- 
grated to America prior to the promulgation of 
the Edict of Toleration, November 28th, 1787. 

Secondly, Eepresentatives of other French fami- 
lies whose profession of the Protestant Faith is 
anterior to the promulgation of the Edict of Tole- 
ration, November 28t.h, 1787. 

Thirdly, Pastors of French Huguenot congrega- 
tions in South Carolina. 

Fourthly, Writers who have made the history, 
genealogy, principles, etc., of the Huguenots a 
special subject of study and research, to whatever 
liationality they may belong. 

Sec. 2. The members of the Society may consist 
of three classes : Resident, Corresponding and 
Honorary ; but the rights and privileges of each 
class shall be the same. 

Sec. 3. The annual fees of Resident and Corres- 
ponding members shall be one dollar, and the 



payment of twenty dollars shall constitute one a 
life member. All dues shall be paid in advance. 

Sec. 4. The funds of this Society shall be applied 
only to the furtherance and realization of the ob- 
jects contemplated in this constitution. 

Sec. 5. All life-membership fees shall be invest- 
ed by the Executive Committee (hereinafter pro- 
vided for) in the name of the Society, and only 
the interest arising therefrom shall be used for 
the purposes of the Society. 

Sec. 6. Applications for membership, with a 
statement of the name, address, profession, and 
descent of the applicant, shall be made in writ- 
ing to the Executive Committee, who shall re- 
port thereon at the next meeting of the Society. 
If their report be favorable, the candidate shall 
be considered as duly elected ; but if demanded, 
the election shall be by ballot, and a two-thirds 
vote of the members present shall be necessary to 
elect. Every application for membership shall 
be accompanied by one year's dues. 

ARTICLE IV. 

Section 1. The officers of the Society shall con- 
sist of a President, a Vice-President for each orig- 
inal Huguenot centre or settlement in South Car- 
olina, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Executive 
Committee, composed of the President, Vice-Pre- 
sidents, Secretary, Treasurer, and five members 
elected by the Society. 

Sec. 2. Besides the ordinary rights and duties of 



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a presiding officer, the President shall appoint the 
places of meeting; in conjunction with the Sec- 
retary and Treasurer, he shall have the power, 
and, upon the written request of five members, it 
shall be his duty, to call special meetings of the 
Society ; and he shall sign all drafts drawn on the 
Treasurer. 

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Vice-Presi- 
dents to interest in the objects of this Society the 
Huguenots of the localities which they represent ; 
in the absence of the President of this Society, a 
Vice-President shall preside and exercise all the 
rights and privileges of the President ; and if 
more than one A^ice-President be present, the 
senior Vice-President in attendance shall be the 
presiding officer. 

Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Secretary 
to keep an accurate record of all the proceedings 
of the Society ; to conduct the correspondence of 
the Society ; to notify members of the meetings 
of the Society ; to inform officers and new mem- 
bers of their election, and to countersign all drafts 
made on the Treasurer ; and, until the Executive 
Committee shall order otherwise, the Secretary 
shall act as Librarian, and have the keeping of 
all books, pamphlets, manuscripts, etc., pertain- 
ing to the Society. 

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to 
collect all dues, fees and other moneys belonging 
to the Society, and to deposit the same in some 
Bank in the City of Charleston in the name of 



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this Society. Out of these funds, he shall pay 
such sums only as may be ordered by this Society 
through its President and Secretary. He shall 
keep an accurate account of his receipts and dis- 
bursements, and render account of the same at 
each annual meeting of the Society, which will 
name a committee to audit them. 

Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Executive 
Committee to examine and pass upon the creden- 
tials of candidates ; to invest and manage the 
funds of the Society ; to engage suitable persons 
to deliver the addresses and prepare the papers 
contemplated in this constitution, and to make 
all other arrangements necessary for the meet- 
ings of the Society and to transact all business of 
the Society not otherwise provided for in the 
constitution. 

Sec. 7. The othcers of the Society shall be annu- 
ally elected at the aniversary meeting ; but if 
any vacancy occyr during the year, it may be 
filled at the next meeting of the Society. 

ARTICLE V. 

MEETINGS. 

This Society shall hold two regular meetings 
each year, and, in accordance with the purpose 
of the Society, the said meetings shall take place 
on the following historical dates. 

Sec. 1 The Anniversary Meetings shall be held 
on April 13th, the day of the Promulgation of the 



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Edict of Nantes, granting Freedom of Worship to 
the Huguenots of France. 

Sec. 2. The Autumn Meeting of tlie Society 
shall be held on the 22nd of October, the date of 
the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. 

Sec. 3. The Executive Committee shall have 
power to arrange for a dinner, or other collation, 
annually, as the}' may deem most appropriate. 

Sec. 5. In case any of these dates should fall 
upon a day inconvenient for the proper celebra- 
tion thereof, the Executive Committee shall ap- 
point for the meeting, the next most convenient 
day. 



BY-LAWS. 



Section 1. Notices of meetings shall be given at 
least one week in advance. 

Sec. 2. It shall always require fifteen members 
to constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
business. 

Sec. 3. At all meetings of the Society the order 
of business shall be as follows: 

1. The reading and adopting of the minutes 

of the previous meeting. 

2. Reports of officers. 

3. Reports of the Executive Committee. 

4. Election of new members. 

5. Nomination of new members. 

6. Reports of special committees. 

7. Miscellaneous business. 

8. The reading of papers, or delivery of ad- 

dresses before the Society. 

9. Adjournment. 

Sec. 4. All resolutions must be presented in 
writing to the Chair. 

Sec. 5. If any member neglect or refuse to pay 
his annual fee for two consecutive years, the 
Treasurer shall report his name to the Executive 



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Committee, who may strike liis name from the 
roll of membership. 

Sec. 6. Such members of the Society as do not 
themselves bear Huguenot names, shall add to 
their own names, (on signing the constitution), 
the Huguenot names through which they claim 
descent. 

Sec. 7. The original Huguenot settlements in 
this State, each one of which is entitled to a 
Vice-President, are as follows : Charleston, Fu- 
ry sburg and New Bordeau. 

Sec. 8. The Constitution and By-Laws of this 
Society may be amended or repealed at any 
meeting of the Society by a two-third vote ; but 
the changes proposed must have been submitted 
at a previous meeting. 



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